Improvement in bird-cages



anni the amata `y,eotrrirics eNrHER, or New YORK, Ng Y.

l Letters Panaro. 112,449, dated Maren 7, i871.

" f To-allwiom 'it may coito-ern:

' Y,Be it kncwnthat I, GoTrnoB GNTHER, of the' city, county, and StateofNew York, have invented a new M and useful `Improvement in Bird-Cages;and IA do l hereby declare the following to be .a full, clear, and

l exact description thereof, which will enable those skilled in the `artto make and use the same, reference being had tol the` accompanyingdrawing forming part of this specilication, in which drawing i i Figure1 representsatransverse section of this invention. ,i y

Figure 2 is a front view thereof, when the feed-cup Similar lettersindicate corresponding parts.`

This inventionconsists in the arrangement o f a spring iiap capable ofholdingthe feed-cup in position when the same is attachedto the cage,and made of i such a shape that it closes the "opening left in the ibird-cage when the feed cup ,is removed,.thereby preventing tlieesloapeof the` bird In thedrawingp l The letter A represents a portionof a bird-cage, which isprovided with an opening, a, tol receive theFeed-cup B.

AThis feed-cup is of that Aclass known technically as half cup, beingprovided 'with` a partial cover forming an integral part of p the cup.

and a" spring, d, is so arranged that it'acts on a nap, C, wbichishinged to the rode, and which, when ali The opening a in the side of thelcagey is bounded .l at the top by a rod, b, and at the bottom by a rod,`c,

` The nap is, by preference, made in the form of the same, when left tofollow the action of its spring, is capable of closing the opening a inthe cage sufficientlytoprevent the escape of the bird when the feed-cupis removed. p

When the feed-cup is to be inserted the nap 'Cl is turned down, and,after the feed-cup has been introduced in the opening a and the flap isreleased, said cup is pressed up against the rod b by the action lof thetlap, as indicated in g.`1, and by these means it is securely held inposition.

By these means the feed-cup can easily be inserted and removed and whenit is removed the opening a is suiciently closed to prevent the escapeof the bird; and furthermore, the spring flap which serves to retain thefeed-cup in position is so constructed that the same, when the feed-cupis removed, allows of' nest-` ing the cages, 'which is a greatconvenience and saving in packing and'transporting thse articles.

I do not wish to confine myself to the precise form p -or shape of thespring iiap shown in the drawing; but- What I claim as new, and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is

The arrangement, on a birdcage, of al spring flap, Y

forming an ornament for the cage, and beingr capable of closing theopening a when the feed-cup is removed, and serving to retain saidfeed-cup in position when the latter is inserted in the opening a, allas herein shown and described.

G. GNTHER. Witnesses:

W.l HAUFF, E. F, KAsTENI-IUBER.

